Crash me:
I like the way you work, quick and precise information.


Its probably not needed since that link to that great article was posted but I will go ahead and give my opinion anyway since I have a few minutes to kill.

The short and quick of it is to get rid of the pull start and grab a starter box, Im not really sure the Rustler will fit on the starter box so thats something to check and maybe someone else will jump in and offer that info.

Anyhow, your dilema is probably caused by the one way slipping on the shaft. Its often affected by dirt and debris and by oil leaking out of the engine onto the shaft.

There really is nothing you can do to fix it and never have to fool with it again Except get a starter box.

What you can do in the meantime is to drill a whole in the casing of the pullstart. You would need one in the top of the case and one in the bottom.
You want to make the hole small but large enough for the red straw on a can of WD40 to fit in the hole.
Be sure to just barely cut through the plastic so you dont go into the coil thats in the case.
When you are ready to start the car hit the casing with the WD40 and let it drain out the bottom. Should start no problem. Once the engine heats up its easy to start because it takes less force to push it over since the sleeve is expanded.
After some time you will have to hit it again with WD40.

This Is really not a fix but what I would call a work around. The Fix is the starte box.

Dbow